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Is there a better snake-oil salesman in America today than Timothy Ferriss, author of the blockbuster best-seller "The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich?" I certainly hope not. In the book, now on self-help best-seller lists for more than 80 weeks, Ferriss claims that he spends his days racing motorcycles in Europe, scuba-diving in Panama, and kickboxing in Thailand—and you can too! All you have to do is plunk down $22 for the book, follow its efficiency principles, and come up with a nice little online business where you can sell something, somehow, for 8 to 10 times its market value. Perhaps it's not entirely surprising that he only...

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I certainly hope not.
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